Chapter 15

I woke up the next day immediately realizing where I was and the incident of last night flashed into my mind... I have to leave as soon as possible, I needed to leave, I had overslept, what was I thinking, Stephanie would be back here looking for me to end my life and I overslept? How could I be so careless, I said as I quickly stood up from the bed, immediately coming out of the room and rushing into the main room, that was the living room, I could see the old woman coming out with a smile on her face beaming, she sighted me from a distance and approached me with a worried expression on her face...

"What's wrong, and where are you heading of to, She said with confusion written all over her face...

"Am so sorry but I have to leave, l have to go far away from here as soon as possible cause Stephanie must be looking for me and I can't let her find me here and cause any kind of harm to you.. I said looking at her, trying to make her understand...

"Whose Stephanie?she said looking confusion not getting what I had told her and suddenly I could hear a knock at the door, my heart skipped and my legs were shaking, it must be Stephanie, she must have found me, she must have already come to end me and my unborn child's life , I am completely done for...All this thoughts kept on running into my mind and it made my heart ache...

"She's here, she must have came to kill me", I said looking at the old woman with fear written all over my face..I was acting like a psycho and Stephanie was the cause of this my mad behavior, I was going nuts and Stephanie dis this to me...

"Nonsense, it just the milk man, the old woman said calmly walking towards the door to open it, I was frozen and I couldn't move, and all I could do was to stand there and close my eyes cause I feared what might happen if was not actually the milk man and was actually Stephanie... The old woman opened the door and it was indeed the milk man...

"See" she said looking at me in a "I told you so" expression and I was instantly relieved but my mind would never be at peace until I leave this place and this kingdom to a place far away , There Stephanie wouldn't be able to find me, I patiently watched as the milk man took his money and left happily, I could see the old woman heading to the kitchen to drop the milk but I wasn't ready to wait for her...

"Look, I just want to say thank you for everything, May the lord bless you " I said and I look at her face to study her expression and I think she knew where I was heading to...

"I understand that you want me to stay here for my safety bui I would never and I mean never be at peace if I stay here cause I would always be afraid of Stephanie coming here and hurting me and most especially hurting you, You really don't know who she is, She is a psycho and she is capable of hurting anybody she's evil, So I need to leave immediately, I hope you understand what am trying to tell you" I said looking at the old woman with a pleading look on my face...

"Can't you at least have breakfast" She said with a worried look on her face...

"I wish I could but I just can't, I can't spend any more minute here, Am sorry, I have to go"... I said and I could see her nodding her head in consent, I saw that she was not happy but rather sad and I knew that she didn't actually wanted me to go if there was a way out but there wasn't....

I slowly came down the stairs with nothing except for the little dress that Harold wife gave me... I walked to the entrance and sadly waved at the old woman, once again thanking her for all that she had done, I could see her sad face and I wish that I could stay but no I just can't stay and risk mine and the old woman life just like that..

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I walked with my weary legs far away from the kingdom of cloister, I was tired but at least relieved that now I was far away from that kingdom and the chance of ever seeing Stephanie again and that made my heart joyful, At least I was happy about something, What I couldn't understand was the fact that I was constantly remembering the old woman, it was like my thoughts had a mind of it own, I wished that I could stay and live with the old woman and help her with all the chores and keep her company cause she seems to be all alone but I guess that I wasn't ever going to see her again, I knew that she might also be thinking about me and be heartbroken and sad but I needed her to understand that I was only protecting her from Stephanie, I did all this to protect her and my unborn child, I would never be able to forgive myself if anything had ever happened to my child, No nothing must ever happen to my child...

Suddenly I could see a few little rocks from afar and I needed to get a closer view, on getting there, i was actually right, it was a few little rocks on top of a small stream, the rocks lined up a d were the only way to pass through the stream, I could tell from the way that the rocks look that they were slippery and anyone that was passing it would have to be very careful or else he might just fall down on the little stream and get terribly hurt, I was afraid and didn't wanted to take risk cause if I ever fall down with the baby in my womb, I might just end up having miscarriage or even losing my life, l looked around to see if there was any other way but there wasn't, this was the only way to pass across or I would have to go back to cloister and I needed to go forward , I had to do this, I had to pass through the stream but stepping on the rocks, it was the only way to pass across...

"I can do this" I said to myself as I carefully step on the rock, it was easier than I thought but I was still very much careful, I was about to step on the last rock and be finally free when I lost balance and slipped and I was falling and I had already gotten ready to brace my fate... But before I could finally hit the ground, I was pulled over by my hand to the grassy land...

"Ow!" I yelled in pain because of the fall but I was glad that I didn't fall on the rock or else I would have completely lost my child...

"What were you thinking, You could have lost your child and might have even ended your own life, Do you want to die, Thank goodness, I catched you on time" The voice said and I slowly looked at the person to see who it was that saved my life.... Slowly I looked at the face of my savior and I found out that it was no other person than the old woman...

"What in the world are you doing here" I said extremely surprise cause I wasn't expecting to see her especially not far away from her house...

"I followed you cause I was worried about you, Thank goodness, I had caught your fall or else I don't even know what would have happened... she said and I was completely confused, why on earth would she abandon her home and follow me , it made no sense...

"Why did you followed me, it makes no sense" I said confused..

"B-Be cause you didn't have breakfast, she said giving a pathetic excuse looking away,it was obvious that she was lying and I could see it in her eyes that she really want me to stay with her but I can't because of Stephanie, why did she had to do this now, how would she return, she was miles away from cloister now...

"Now look what you have done to yourself, you decided on following me and you are miles away from cloister now, i scolded her...

"I understand why you are doing this, you want me to follow you back to cloister and live with you cause you know too well that I can't leave you here all alone so I would have no other choice but to follow you back" I said fixing my gaze on her...

"Not exactly, she said and I became confused...

"You had told me that you didn't wanted to live with me cause of that girl what's her name,Oh! Stephanie so I decided that you will live with me in my other home, that is in Athens not that far from here, Is that agreed with you, You can even meet my grandchild that living there, it going to be so much fun" She said speaking like a teenager and I couldn't help but smile, she cared so much about me that she didn't even wanted me to be alone and took all the stress to follow me even with her age, she was amazing...

"But why do you so much care about me" I asked looking at her lovingly...

"Cause you reminds me of my only daughter that looks so much infact exactly like you, I lost her when she was about giving birth to my grandchild... That day was the darkest day ever, I had to look after my grandchild all alone cause my hubby died so many years ago..She said and I could see her pain..

"Am sorry, I should have never asked" I said hugging her

"No need to say sorry, it's not your fault"She said...

"I think we are somehow similar, I said releasing the hug...

"Our stories are some how the same, I added

"Let get going" she said back to her jovial self again and I smiled happily